How To Play Djent! #3 - Drum Lesson - Basic Pseudo-Polymeter Beats

[levenorion]

"djent," it's not a genre.

[vidadrumgirl]

@levenorion It's a heavy metal music subgenre that came about as a spin-off from progressive metal. The term was coined by the band Meshuggah.

[levenorion]

@vidadrumgirl yes i read the wiki as well. i was quoting Lamb of God vocalist Randy Blythe.There is no such thing as "djent," it's not a genre.and i totally agree.Many members of the metal community have criticized the term djent and questioned its validity as a genre.its all from Wikipedia .giving terms to every aspect of music is dumb way of forcing bands to feel part of something other than just pure music.

[knifejuggler2]

Why play with two different time signatures happening? Why not play both parts in 4/4? I don't see the need to complicate it.

[TheMuYaki]

@knifejuggler2 True it could be counted in any number of signatures, including 4/4 but this is a lesson is on understanding and braking down rhythms that are not originally composed in 4/4 even if they eventually feel like they are in the final composition, these lessons are designed to broaden drummer understanding of rhythms and rhythm theory, hope this clears things up for you!

[knifejuggler2]

@TheMuYaki Yeah sweet thanks man. All clear.

[TheMolaram]

cool beats. thumbs up and thanx.

[welza0045]

Hey, Thanks For the Video, But I would Require some Assistance, I am Writting a song in 7/8 time, And I am finding it Difficult to find a Polymetric Drum beat for that Time

[TheMuYaki]

@welza0045 there are nearly infinite possibilities, just like with 4/4 or 8/8 do you mean a second timing to shift along with it or simply having a hard time writing 7/8 rhythms ?

[welza0045]

@TheMuYaki Writting in General, Not a drummer..

[TheMuYaki]

@welza0045 There are some easy ways for starting point with odd time rhythms, I touch on this idea on the first djent lesson (with some links to other lessons that touch on this idea aswell) but basically you could start off with some simple 8th note rhythms just by creating some 7/8 sticking (RLRLRLL/RLLRRLL etc etc)

put a straight 1/4 crash (china) over 2 7/8 bars (will be on beat and off beat) make the R a kick and L a snare, some rudimentary 7/8 rhythms, then flesh them out from there ! :)

[etpetnel]

Cool lesson, and also I found the vlog with transcriptions now. Great !!

[TheMuYaki]

@etpetnel Thanks man, Im currently working out the best way to provide these bass lines etc (with clicks etc) to you guys, thinking via soundclick would be best, What would be most usefull ? Was thinking a 2bar click in then loop the bassline for 5mins or so with a click, or would you prefer one that counts in then plays the whole cycle (6bars), stops then counts in again ?

[etpetnel]

@TheMuYaki not exactly sure how you mean, but it sounds like it's something to experiment with in different ways. It is definitely useful to have some sort of click/reference with the polys you do. imho.